Travel Blogs from Foz de Iguazu, Brazil

... settled down for another braai with Rich and Katy. The following morning, on Saturday, we went our separate ways. The two of us made our way back to Foz in Brazil, from where we caught a bus to Rio de Janeiro at noon... oh joy, another 23 hour bus ...

Friday June 3rd 2005
Time to leave Argentina now - thats only 15 days in total (13+2), and onto my last country, Brazil. and FozDeIguazu, the Brazilian cityon the opposite side of the falls.
FozDeIguazu is much, much bigger than its counterpart in ...

19.11.09 Foz do Iguazu Today saw us on a state of the art Marco Polo coach bound for Foz do Iguazu, Brazil. We were lucky enough to score the front seats on the upper level, giving us a panoramic view of the countyside. The trip was very comfortable and ...

Foz do Iguazu – Argentine side – hot and humid – 20.11.09 Back at the San Rafael Hotel, Lou and Lynn were waiting for us, having just traveled through Argentina to stay with us at the falls in Brazil for a couple of days. It was great to ...

Arrived at Foz du Iguacu today on the Brazilian side of the Iguacu falls (Brazil and Argentina share the falls – about 70% is on the Argentinian side, and 30% on the Brazilian). Its one the of 7 Natural Wonders of the World, the wall of water runs ...

We finally arrived in the City of Foz do Iguazu, Brazil, after two very long overnight bus journeys.
This city/town is right on the border of Brazil, argentina and paraguay.
We visted the Igazu falls on both the Brazillian side and the Argentinian ...

... the weather though... after a week and a half or rain we had scorchers of days (we visited both the Argentinian & Brazil side). We also went to a bird & butterfly park on the Brazil side which was really good. We noticed a distinctly ...

We´ve spent the past 2 days in FozdeIguazu, a town just on the Brazilian side of the border with Paraguay and Argentina - yesterday we stood at the Argentian viewpoint from which you could see Brazil across the Iguazu river and Paraguay across the ...

Iguazu falls are so amazingly beautiful, and we have heard the Argentinean side is better so we are looking forward to that. On our 22hr bus journey down here we met a kiwi couple and a Scottish couple who are all really kool, now we are hanging with them ...

... it was even more crowded! It was mayhem and as you crossed the bridge you saw people carrying all sorts of things from Paraguay to Brazil as there are no border controls and you only get your passport stamped if you ask for it. We spent a fair amount of ...

... back to BA arriving on saturday......
So I said Hasta Luego to them, and decided to check out the city of FozdeIguazu in BRazil, which is significantly bigger than Puerto Iguazu in Argentina (where we were staying).
Not much to say other than it ...

After a short drive and quick border crossing we arrived in our final country, Brazil. Our first afternoon was spent shopping and getting depressed that even the grande size was often still too small (Brazilian women must be very petite!) and that ...

... , the devils throat, which has to be seen to be understood, see the photos
The falls - information of interest - the Rio Iguazu (guazu is Guarani for big and I is Guarani for water) receives the water of some 30 rivers as it crosses the plateau, ...

... , & comfortable reclining seats.
The actual process of crossing the border did take a lot of time as firstly one has to check-out from Brazil then check-in to Argentina. But an interesting process with my first land country border ...

... sky. We looked at each other, sighed, quietly threw away our beer cans and jumped in the bus.
We finally made it to FozIguazu National Park. One of the interesting things I heard our tour lady say was that 80% of the falls were on the Argentine ...

... the tops of the falls. Possibly the most amazing view ive ever had from a restaurant, and the biggest feast ive ever eaten. From FozDeIguazu we drove all through the night and free camped beside a petrol station, me and all the girls woke up at 4am in ...

... not keep their hands off of each other made the ride seem alot longer than it was.
Saturday, March 3rd 2007-
Arrived in FozdeIguazu. Took the advice from the tourist office and booked in at Pousada Evelina. Lyn, Me and a Canadian named Rich we met ...

Took a two hour flight on Wednesday north to the border of Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay and the incredible Iguazu Falls (The option of the 16 hour bus journey was quickly put to one side in favour of the airline fist). The falls really make the likes of ...

... mist which made for some good photos. It was also nice and refreshing with a constant drizzle in the air. We ventured back to Fozde Iguassu pleased enough with our days efforts to go for one last Brazilian caipirinha.
The next day we jumped on a bus ...

... a speed raft tour of the falls (to surprise Lenny) and wow was it amazing. It was like White Water Rafting around the Iguazu river and into the falls... The driver literally brought the boat right under two of the biggest falls. You couldn't breath in ...

... Throat, a U-shaped 490 wide by 2300 feet long cliff, is the most impressive of all, and marks the border between Argentina and Brazil.
Then, it started to rain very hard with about 20 mile per hour winds and we had to wait for it to ...

... our trip!
We were finally officially on the backpackers circuit. Now that we had left Fabiola, we were on our way to Iguazu Falls in Brazil, falls which promised to dwarf Niagara with its grandure.
One long night bus to Cuidad del Este later, we ...

... view).
But despite these positives, we were both ready to bid Brasil adieu (or whatever the Portuguese phrase is). Brazil was very pricey; we marvelled at the equivalence with US prices notwithstanding the amazing disparity in GDP between the two - ...

... good to see but not exactly wat i find riveting.
yesterday we crossed into argentina for the day to see the waterfalls that foz is renowned for. they were spectacular even tho the waterlevels are pretty low. when they are in full flow they make niagra ...